Cascade or fountain for internal baths.



E. CARLSEN.

CASCADE 0B FOUNTAIN FOR INTERNAL BATHS.

APPLxcATloN FILED Nov4 23. 191s.

l ,21 5,11 l Parnted Feb. 6, 1917.

f f i l 9 EUGENE CARLSN, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

CASCADE 0R FOUNTAIN FOR INTERNAL BATI-IS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 6, 191'?.

Application mea November 2s, 191e. serial No. 132,936.

To all 'whom z' may concern.'

Be it known that I, EUGENE CARLsnNa citizen of the United States,residing at Chicago, county of Cook, and State oflllinois, have inventedcertain new anduseful Improvements in Cascades for Fountains forInternal Baths, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in a device to be used forinternal baths, or for treatment of the rectum and vagina, and itconsists in certain peculiarities of the construction, novelarrangementand operation of the various parts thereof, as will be hereinafter morefully set forth and specifically claimed.

The principal obj ect of the invention, `is to provide a device .orapparatus of the aboveY mentioned general character, which shall besimple and inexpensive in construction, strong, durable, and` eliicientin operation, and which shall be of such construction that the internalbaths or treatments may be selfadministered thereby, if desired. Otherobjects and advantages of the invention will be disclosed in thesub-joined description and explanation.

In the accompanying drawing which .serves to illustrate an embodiment ofthe invention, t

Figure 1, is a plan or face view effthe completeimplement or device on aslightly reduced scale from that `shown in Fig. 2, and illustrating theshield or plate by dottedy lines. e

Fig. 2, is a central vertical sectional view taken on line 2-2 of Fig.1, looking in the direction indicated` by the arrows.

Fig. 3, is a cross-sectional view taken on line 3*?) of Fig. 2, lookingin the direction indicated by the arrows', but showing a fragment onlyof the water bag or receptacle.

Figs. 4 and 5, are detached views of modified forms of the nozzle usedin connection with the device, and

Fig. 6, is a detached plan view showing a modified construction of theshield or plate.

Like numerals of reference, refer to corresponding parts throughout thedifferentJ views of the drawing.

The reference numeral 10 designates a water-bag or bottle, which may bemade of any suitable size, form and material, but preferably of rubberand ofabout the shape vshown in Fig. 1 of the drawing. Located aboutcentrally in one side of the bottle or bag 10 is a disk 11, which ispreferably made of metal and is provided at its center with a tube 12which is externally screwthreaded on its outer portion as will beclearly seen by reference to Fig. 2 of the drawing, in which view, itwill also be seen that the plate or disk 11 is embedded in one of thewalls of the bag or bottle 10, and this is preferably done byvulcanizing the disk 11 in position. The tube 12 of this disk affordscommunication with the interior of the bag or bottle 10, which lattermay be supplied with water through an opening in the neck or mouth 13thereof, which neck or mouth may be provided with a stopper of theordinary or any well known construction. Mounted on the screw-threadedportion of the tube 12 is a cylindrical member 14 which is provided witha port or opening 15 into the lower end of which the tube 12 is fitted,and said port or tube is extended at its upper portion laterally throughthe wall of the member 14, as at 16 in Fig. 2 of the drawing. The member14 is provided with a plurality of recesses 17 located vertically in thewall thereof, as is clearly shown in Fig. Blof the'A drawing. In one ofthe recesses 17 a spring 18 is located, and the other recesses 17 arefor the reception of the inner ends of screws 19 which are seatedradially in the movable member or valve 20 which surrounds the member 14and holds the spring 18 in position within its recess. lThis spring isused for providing yielding tension between the parts 14 and 20, as thelatter is reciprocatedon the former. The screws 19 and the recesses 17in which their inner ends are extended, are employed to restrict thelongitudinal movement of the member or valve 20 on the member 14, for it4is apparent that the recesses 17 may be made of any desired length. Theupper end of the member 14 is provided with a cavity or recess 21 inwhich is located` the lower portion of a coiled spring 22, the upper endof which rests against the upper end of the Acavity 23 with which themember or valve 2O is centrally provided, and which cavity or openingextends through the lower portion of the member 20 for the reception andoperation of the member i4, as will be readily understood by referenceto Fig. 2 of the drawing. The upper end of the member 2O is providedwith a vertical opening 24, a portion of which is internallyscrew-threaded to receive and engage a discharging nozzle or tube.Leading from the opening 24 of the member or valve 20 is a by pass orchannel 25 which communicates at its lower end with theV cavity 23 at apoint near the middle of the length of said cavity.

The movable member or valve 20 is provided in its upper portion with avent opening 26 which communicates with the upper portion of the cavity23 so as to prevent the compression of air in said cavity in theoperation of the device. Mounted on the upper end of the member or valve20 is a shield or plate 27 which is concave-convex as shown and has itsconvex surface presented upwardly. This shield or plate is provided witha central opening through which the screw-threaded portion 27a of anozzle 28 is extended to engage the screwthreaded portion of the opening24 in the movable member, and said plate will thus be held in position.In order to prevent leakage, the lower portion of the nozzle 28 may beprovided with a gasket 29 to rest on the upper surface of the shield orplate 27 when the same is used'. The nozzle 28 shown in Fig. 2 of thedrawing is provided with a great number of openings 30 which extendthrough the walls of the nozzle and are for the purpose of dischargingthe water which is forced through the nozzle in cascadelike form. Theupper end of the nozzle 28 is closed, consequently the water willV beforced out laterally through the openings 30 as is apparent.

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Instead of using a shield or plate of the form shown in Fig. 2, abovedescribed, a plate or shield 31, see Fig. 6, may be employed, which isparticularly adapted for use on the device when the same is employed byfemales, for treatment of the vagina or for injecting water thereinto.

In Figs. 4 and 5 I have shown modified forms in the construction of thenozzle, the form shown in Fig. 4, being shorter than that shown in Fig.2 and having an i Y the drawing, it will be readily understood andclearly seen that by supplying water to the bag or bottle 10 until it issuitably inflated or has the desired quantity of water therein, one ofthe nozzles having been secured in place on the valve 20 can be insertedinto the rectum or vagina when by pressing the bag l() toward the member20, 3

or said member toward the bag or bottle, the channel or port 25 in themember 2O will be caused to communicate at its lower end with the upperend-of the channel or port l5 thus permitting water to pass from the bagor bottle through the Ychannels l5 l.

and 25 and from thence through the opening 24 and out through thenozzle. As soon as the pressure is removed,pit is obvious thatk thespring 22 will cause the member 20 to move from the water-bag or bottle,and thus shut olf the discharge of water.

It is evident that the parts of the deviceV may be made of any suitableor desired ymaterial but by preference, they are made of hard rubber,with the exception of the Having thus fully described -my invention,what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is l. In adevice of the character described, l

the combination with a collapsible container having means for supplyingliquidzthereto,

of a disk having centrally thereinv a tube, Y

the said disk being fixed to one side of the container with its tubeconnecting with the Y interior of said container, a member mounted onthe tube and having a channel or port leading from the said tube throughthe wall of said member, another member movably mounted onthe firstnamed member and having an opening located opposite to the said tube andalso provided with a channel leading from said opening to the opening 1nwhich the first named member is located,

a spring interposed between said membersVV for moving the movable memberin one direction, and a nozzle detachably connected to the movablemember-in communication with said opening therein.

' 2. In a device of the character described the combination with acollapsible container Y having means for supplying liquid thereto, adisk embedded in one side of said container and having a tube centrallylocated therein and communicating with the interior of the container, aVmember mounted on the tube and having a channel or port ,leading fromsaid tube through the wall of said member, anotherv member having anopening therein to receive the first named member upon which it ismovably mounted,

1 said movable member having an opening at 13@ a point opposite the saidtube and provided able member, and a nozzle detachably con- With achannel leading from the last named nected to the movable member incommuniopenirlig to ljhe opening in Which the first cation with thedischarge opening therein. l0 namen mem er is located, a sprin inter- 5posed between said members for gmoving EUGENE CARLSEN the movable memberin one direction, means Witness: for restricting the movement of themov- CHAS. C. TILLMAN.

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